Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-19
DAILY HERALD.
.rvn,tds, Paradise.
LANG, June is, 1887.

LANG, June is, 1887.
FprroRs HERALD-Here in this lofty
region about two thousand feet above
the placid Pacific, in the winding, wand
eripe canon La Soledad, walled in by
the lofty Sierra Madre on either side,
with babbling brook in swift, perpet-
ual flow, and song birds who mix their
modulations melliffluously all the day is
a paradise for invalids:
"Here doth the earth with flowers OF every
Heap her green breast, when April's sun is
Foweps ri the morning.red, or ocean. n.blue,
or like the mountain frost OF silyery white'
A ride of an hour and half from Los
Angeles in beautiful observation car OF
the Southern Pacific carries the traveller
into the rich, ripe fields of barley that
cluster along the track, forming in con-
trast with the evergreen brush and the
great gray rocks, beautiful mosaic OF
er.chapgipg fashion and form. In
this rock.ribbed valley, John Lang
pitched his tent nearly score OF years
ago when railways were unconstructed
and the daily stage to and from Los An
geles, passing ten miles north, was the
only public means of travel. Here ne
commenced stock-raising, orcharding and
bee. keeping with no neighbors but an
occasional bear and deer. On one oc-
casion his favorite hound was pierced
through the heart by an infuriated buck.
Prosperity has attended "Uncle John,
rs everybody calls him, and continual
health has attended himself and family.
Though in other localities he was often
sick, he has never experienced a sick
hour in the past seventeen years In Sole
dad Canon. His wife too, though an in-
valid when she took up her residence there
has become one of the most healthy ladies
in the State, while the children
who have grown up here are the EN-.
bodiment Of robust health. These facts
show the superiority of the climate. in
the mountains round about Los An
geles, over that of any other part OF the
world. On the Lang rancho the golden
spike was driven, Sept 9TH, 1876, which
united Los Angeles by rail with all the
States. The Lang homestead is sur
rounded with beautiful trees, and gar
dens of flowers of every hue. When
daylight opens the eastern gate OF the
canon, from every tree some bird song
wakes the rested sleepers, while out Of
the open easements come sweet sounds
of song in ballad, and madrigals or
roundelay from the daughters, Miss
Mamie and Maggie Lang, who seem to
drink in from the pure fragrant morning
air the very wine of life, which they
pour forth in song while busy at their
morning avocations. These free matin
concerts, with bird accompaniments,
are daily feature at the Lang mansion,
and make good cheer to the weary
brain. The grain crop is turning out
very well, and the honey crop is much
larger than was expected. Lang is sit
uated near the center of the great bee
pastures of the county. From Saugus,
at The foot OF the canon, to Alpine, at
the summit, there are here and there in
shady lateral canons, between three and
four thousand stands of honey bees, and
all seem to have done quite well. 1t
appears that the cool overcast weather
>in May prevented the honey-producing
flowers from drying up, as the produc.
tion in that month was very rewarding.
The price, too, is on a fair ad-
vance, so the bee keepers of
La Soledad are prosperous in
almost everyway. This part of the
country has received but little attention
from the newspapers of late, probably
from the fact that the great develop.
ments in other parts OF the country have
been so prominent as to overshadow the
quiet industries of mining, wood. Gu tting,
grain growing, beekeeping and fruit
raising in the canon.
Mr.. Lang, with his usual good judg.
ment, has determined to sell off about
$50 acres of his rancho at the improved
rates of real estate and with the pro-
ceeds send his noble family of five chill
dren to the University. On the lower
portion of the rancho he and his wife
will erect a cosy cottage with fewer
cares than when on the larger traet.and
enjoy well earned rest from life Of
energetic industry. The HERALD only
arrives here after 8 P. NJ. as no way mail
comes on the | 80 p. NJ. train to Lang;
but no matter, the paper has to be read
even when the train is late, before the
household can retire to rest.
INVALID.